Kokeellista

Kokeellista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective kokeellinen, meaning experimental or tentative in character. It is used to describe a noun in the partitive case, typically indicating that the noun denotes something exploratory, provisional, or not yet established.

Because Finnish adjectives decline to agree with the noun, kokeellista appears before a noun in contexts such as kokeellista tutkimusta (experimental research) or kokeellista taidetta (experimental art). The form signals that the activity or object is being tested, questioned, or explored rather than fully settled.

Usage spans science, technology, design, and the arts. In academic discourse, kokeellista tutkimusta highlights research employing new methods or exploratory hypotheses; in the arts, kokeellista taidetta describes works that experiment with form, media, or narrative. The term can convey both openness and innovation, and potential provisionality or incompleteness of results.

Related linguistic forms include kokeellinen (the base form meaning “experimental”), kokeellisuus (the quality of being experimental), and kokeellistaminen (the act of making something experimental). In practice, kokeellista functions as a descriptive label for processes, projects, or works that emphasize inquiry, trial, and discovery rather than established tradition.